Originally Posted By: DUG
No need to reply.

Of course, you know we will.

I would echo Steve's sentiments completely. I haven't seen anything here that is against you or your scouting groups personally; and your most recent post, which seemed to overlook some of the more positive comments in this thread, really took me by surprise. But rather than run off, why not stick around and continue to promote the good stories being told about BSA, among other things, so the rest of us can benefit from your experiences. Isn't that what this MB is about? Isn't that what scouting is about -- teaching others from your experience and by your example? Sadly, not all of us live close enough to Whitney in order to take you up on your challenge of talking to you on the trail, at the Portal, etc. So until that changes, this MB is our window into each others' worlds. I hope you don't close yours merely over one thread.

CaT

If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracle of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.
- Lyndon Johnson, on signing the Wilderness Act into law (1964)